Boze Hadleigh (born May 15, 1954), sometimes writing as George Hadley-Garcia, is an author. Several of his books cover

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, and

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. His 22 books have been translated into 14 languages.

Writings

Several of his books deal with pop culture and/or entertainment history and how the media and status quo shape and manipulate audiences' perceptions and opinions. Some of his books are exclusively about the

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presence in and contributions to entertainment. Some of Hadleigh's books are quotes collections, some are histories and overviews, and some are interviews with movie personalities. Several of these interviews, as with

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, were published in periodicals before the subjects died.

Life

Boze Hadleigh was born on May 15, 1954, in Syria. He holds a master's degree in journalism. Hadleigh is gay.

Bibliography

* * (also published as ''Celluloid Gaze'') ::''Conversations with My Elders'' (republished as ''Celluloid Gaze'') includes interviews with actors

Sal Mineo Salvatore Mineo Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his role as John "Plato" Crawford in the drama film '' Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955), which earned him a nomination ...

and

; directors

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, and Fassbinder; and designer, photographer, and author

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. Their conversations with the author reveal much about the lives and careers of these celebrities and how their

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affected both. * * (also published as ''Sing Out!'') * (UK only) * * * ::''Hollywood Lesbians'' is a collection of interviews with 10 lesbians in the entertainment industry.

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wrote: "Fans of Hollywood's golden age will find this collection of interviews conducted over many years revealing, though hampered. The subjects - director

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, designer

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, actresses

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, Barbara Stanwyck,

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, Capucine,

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and

Sandy Dennis Sandra Dale Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an American actress. She made her film debut in the drama ''Splendor in the Grass'' (1961). For her performance in the comedy-drama film ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1966), she rec ...

— were raised in a generation terrified of voicing support for fellow homosexuals, let alone daring to come out of the closet to acknowledge their own sexuality... Still, with carefully couched questions from Hadleigh (''Conversations with My Elders''), though some of the respondents dance around the subjects of sex and sexuality. Still, an enlightening picture emerges of Tinseltown, different from that presented in the fanzines." * ::''Hollywood Gays'' is a collection of interviews with prominent film personalities, such as

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, Randolph Scott, and several others, most of them widely known as homosexual. ''

'' said about the book: "Hadleigh (is) evidently taking up where the great gossip columnists of yesteryear left off." The book includes an interview with producer David Lewis, who talks freely about his longtime companion

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, as well as a conversation with

William Haines Charles William Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973) was an American actor and interior designer. Haines was discovered by a talent scout and signed with Goldwyn Pictures in 1922. His career gained momentum when he received favo ...

, whose career was destroyed by

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...

after Haines refused to marry a woman, and was later caught with another man in his cot at a YMCA. * * (published in the UK as ''Hollywood Bitch'') * * * * * * * * * * * ''In or Out: Gay & Straight Celebs Talk About Themselves & Each Other'' is a compilation of celebrity quotes from stars who comment on themselves, their sexuality, on others, on the closet, and on society's homophobia, as well as that of show business. * ''The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films — Their Stars, Makers, Characters, and Critics'' is an illustrated overview of LGBT-themed films, most of them starring heterosexual actors in the lead gay, lesbian or bisexual roles, such as

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in ''

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''. It was updated and re-released in 2001. *''The Vinyl Closet: Gays and Lesbians in the Music World'' focuses on present and past gay, lesbian and bisexual singers, composers, musicians and dancers in North America and Britain, with a foreword by Leonard Bernstein, and is one of the first books that document their artistic contributions. According to Madonna, it "cuts through the role-playing crap and shows the music world as it really ... is! It's camp with a High-C!"

References

External links

The Boze Hadleigh interview of Sal Mineo
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